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Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No more than the politicians who won't pass single payer health care reform.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And the only reason we even have the ACA is because the Dems had a filibuster proof majority for a handful of weeks, over a decade ago.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus fuck it's been almost a decade since Obama...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I live under a rock; what is “single payer”?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Single payer is a term generally used to describe government-paid, or socialized medicine. The government is the "payer" of the healthcare. In the absence of private-insurance companies, they would be the single payer. At least that's how I think of the term.